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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Kim Wei Cheah, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/18 (2006.01); B29C 70/74 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/18 (2013.01); B29C 70/745 (2013.01); F01D 5/005 (2013.01); F01D 5/14 (2013.01); B29L 2031/08 (2013.01); F05D 2230/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of injecting laser-blocking material into a workpiece includes communicating molten laser-blocking material through the workpiece as the workpiece is subjected to at least a partial vacuum within an enclosed environment such that the partial vacuum expands any air bubbles in the laser-blocking material and transports the air bubbles out of the workpiece.